JPC names Mitzi Miller Editor in Chief of JET as Magazine Marks 60th Year
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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - Johnson Publishing Company CEO Desiree Rogers today named award-winning journalist, editorial consultant and bestselling author, Mitzi Miller as editor-in-chief of JET magazine. Miller will assume the post effective May 9, 2011.
"We continue to implement our corporate strategy of placing industry veterans in key management roles at Johnson Publishing," said Rogers. "Mitzi brings an impressive journalistic record to her role and will begin the process of assessing the future of JET as she takes on the leadership of the magazine."
JET is celebrating 60 years of being the nation's only nationally-distributed news weekly publication. It claims a readership of more than 8 million.
Miller brings to JET her expertise as an editorial consultant for Juicy and SET Magazines and her writing skills as a contributor to Essence, VIBE, Uptown Magazine, among others. She was the entertainment editor at HONEY Magazine where she wrote the popular "girl-around-town" column. Miller was also a TV and culture critic for VH1 and the Food Network.
"I am honored to join the Johnson Publishing family and look forward to re-energizing the JET brand," said Miller. "For 60 years JET has consistently delivered news about Black America. It is my priority to meet the evolving media needs of our loyal base of readers in exciting and entertaining ways."
Miller's first book, The Angry Black Woman's Guide to Life was released in 2004 to rave reviews in The New York Times, Boston Globe and Newsweek Magazine. Her second book, The Vow, was recently optioned for production by Lifetime Television Network. Most recently, her teen series, Hotlanta received multiple awards from the American Library Association and was optioned for production by The CW Television Network.
Miller is a board member of the non-profit, Hip-Hop 4 Life. She is a skilled public speaker who has appeared at various forums and seminars nationwide including the 2010 Young Women's Empowerment Summit at Long Island University; The Freshman Honors Reception at Florida A&M University; and Essence Magazine's Image of Black Women in Media Panel. Miller is a graduate of Florida A&M University with a BA in English. She will be based in Chicago.
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Digital Divide Narrows as More Blacks, Latinos Use Internet
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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - The digital divide has narrowed as more Blacks and Latinos nationwide use the Internet, according to The New York Times and a recent Pew survey.
The survey, conducted in February, found that 61 percent of African-Americans use the Internet, along with 80 percent of “English-speaking Hispanic Americans.” The rates represent a huge increase from only 23 percent of African Americans and 40 percent of English-speaking Hispanic-Americans who said they used the Internet in 1998.
But, according to The New York Times, there still may be a gap in how each ethnic group uses the Internet. The study found that 74 percent of Whites go online. And non-White newcomers to the Internet use less-advanced hardware and their access tends to be at slower speeds, Vickie Rideout, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation vice president, told The New York Times.
“The type and meaningful quality of access is, in some ways, a more challenging divide that remains,” said Rideout, whose organization studies who accesses the Internet and how.
The driving forces in back of the increased Black and Hispanic Internet use are the falling prices of laptops, more computers in public schools and libraries and the newest generation of cell phones and handheld devices that connect to the Internet, according to the Times.
Byte Back, a non-profit Washington, D.C organization that instructs for free, low-income residents in Washington, D.C. who want to obtain their computer certification; graduated 80 students in their IT/Computer Certification program April 1, their largest graduating class ever.
Kelley Ellsworth, the program’s executive director, said that at the end of the program, each student receives a She said, “refurbished computer” and free Internet service. Among participants in the program, the majority are low-income African-American women who were unemployed." |
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Nelson Mandela's 46664 Organization to Establish Apparel Line
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TriceEdneyWire.com) - The South Africa-based 46664 organization has announced a licensing agreement with Cape Town-based Seardel Investment Corporation Limited that will see the launch of a 46664 global apparel brand in the second half of 2011 with international distribution likely to start in 2012.
The 46664 organization was established in 2002 as an independent, not-for-profit organization. It takes its name from the prison number (prisoner number 466 of 1964) given to Mr. Mandela when he was incarcerated for life on Robben Island, off Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Mandela gave his prison number to the organization as a permanent reminder of the sacrifices he was prepared to make for a humanitarian and social justice cause he passionately believed in.
The announcement by Nelson Mandela's multi-faceted global campaign was made by 46664 board member, Achmat Dangor, at The Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. Joining Dangor was Seardel's CEO, Stuart Queen and Wayne Bebb, CEO of Brand ID.
Dangor praised the ethical grounding of the agreement. "Anyone in the world can use 46664 as a framework for doing good within their communities," he said.
The 46664 Apparel is the first global apparel brand to emerge from South Africa and is designed to stand alongside the world's most high-profile wardrobe building brands. The mens and ladieswear inaugural ranges will make their local debut first, with a standalone experiential concept store in the African business hub of Johannesburg in August 2011. This will be followed by elements of the range being made available through selected local independent retail outlets.
International distribution is likely to start in 2012 with plans for business partners and a roll-out strategy well underway. In addition, an e-tailer element to a standalone website will allow individuals worldwide to purchase items from the range online.
The launch of the 46664 Apparel is a significant step in 46664's pursuit of the sustainability needed to take forward the humanitarian legacy, social justice projects and global awareness and prevention campaign, of its founder, Nelson Mandela.
"46664 has evolved to become much more than a global HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaign," commented Dangor. "The work of the organization encompasses Mr Mandela's humanitarian legacy as well as confronting and inspiring action to address the broader social injustices in our society. To do this effectively, 46664 needs reliable and sustainable income streams, something we believe the 46664 Apparel can significantly contribute to." |
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